Another CNN piece on the economic crisitunity.
Professionals are realizing the prescribed path of a college degree leading to a lucrative job may no longer exist, as the volatile economy takes a toll on some of the soundest professions, such as banking and law. Almost every day Fortune 500 companies announce more layoffs, leaving remaining workers [...]

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I’m still amazed corporations aren’t luring top talent like this in droves- staffing firms can serve a purpose, but focused virtual workers and virtual assistants are infinitely more economical for big and small companies in this economic flux period. And, as the writer below keenly observes, perhaps when the dust settles we’ll all be left [...]

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“I had an admin assistant that wasn’t doing a very good job and wasn’t working fast enough,” Lee recalls. “To take on other projects, I needed to find other resources.”
So she started e-mailing out work for the GlobeTask team to do – PowerPoint presentations, online research requests, weekly reports on Web traffic, and a laundry [...]

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Your Virtual Assistant is on moderated assisting duty whilst I spend a long weekend celebrating Virtual Valentine’s Day.
I don’t want you to get bored, so please:
Make a baby with anyone via VW;
Stay hype on the stimulus situation and just say no to coffer looting!
Become an expert on Artisinal Ice Cream.
Add some steampunk cred to your [...]

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From the files of “Really? …Really?” comes this distasteful, dated and pointless initiative. So many things wrong- I’ll just post an excerpt and you can post your own conclusions. May I also add… >facepalm<?
Earlier this week, the Bank of England held “Dress for Success” day. On that day, they sent out a memo to female [...]

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In my last office gig, I heard time and time again that internet marketing wasn’t worth pursuing because the demographic we served (Boomers) didn’t “get computers.” I suspected that the 50+ crowd was being underestimated technologically, and it turns out they’re gaining ground.
I came across this piece and wanted to share it- it breaks down [...]

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Really. Following on from the superior e-mail service and awesome MS Office killer GDocs, Google is now after your hard drive. Especially for those of us in the virtual service business, this is very, very cool.
The long-rumoured GDrive is expected to be launched this year, according to the technology news website TG Daily, which described [...]

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By now, most tech-savvy marketing strategies include some social media marketing. This cool Mashable post highlights 30 new applications to do more for your business with Facebook.
And none of them involve saving the rainforest through the exchange of virtual plants, thankfully.
Think LinkedIn is the only place for business? Facebook is growing rapidly and it’s becoming [...]

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Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

via Transcript – Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address – Text – NYTimes.com.
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Welcome to the White House! We’ve been waiting!

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Via Lifehacker, catching the inauguration from anywhere you happen to be.  Regardless of how you voted, this is one for the history books, so take note!
If you didn’t snag a ticket or the time off, there’s still a multitude of video streams, pictures, and other ways to experience Barack Obama’s inauguration Tuesday. Here’s our growing [...]

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Who had the best coverage of this week’s plane crash? For timeliness- Twitter. Below the snippet, the article covers the coverage pretty thoroughly.
Worth noting: Flight Captain C.B. Sully Sullenberger has a Facebook fan page with 197,077 fans as of this post.
… a US Airways jet made a water landing on New York’s Hudson River, shortly [...]

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